Description: 1. GETTING STARTED. Where to Begin. Focusing on Your Objective. Three Types of Essays. Three Types of Research Reports. Scheduling Time. Choosing a Topic. Shaping the Topic. Knowing Your Audience and Topic. Cultivating a Sense of Understanding. 2. USING THE LIBRARY. Getting Oriented. Plan of the Library. How Material Is Cataloged. The Library Stacks. Using Reference Sources. Printed Abstracts and Indexes. Using PsycLIT. The Fugitive Literature. Taking Notes in the Library. Additional Tips. Library Etiquette. 3. DRAFTING THE PROPOSAL. Purpose of the Proposal. The Essay Proposal. The Research Proposal. Ethical Considerations. Tempus Fugit. 4. ORGANIZING THE ESSAY. Where to Start. Making Ideas Parallel. Putting Ideas in Order. Template for Writing and Note Taking. Outlining After the Fact. 5. PLANNING THE RESEARCH REPORT. The Basic Structure. Abstract. Introduction. Method. Results. Discussion. References. Appendix. Organizing Your Thoughts. 6. WRITING AND REVISING. Concentrating on the Objective. The Self-Motivator Statement. The Opening. Settling Down to Write. Ethics of Writing and Reporting. Avoiding Plagiarism. Lazy Writing. Tone. Nonsexist Language. Voice. Verb Tense. Agreement of Subject and Verb. Common Usage Errors. Punctuation. Quotations. Revising. Using a Word Processor. 7. LAYOUT AND PRODUCTION. The First Impression. General Pointers. Title Page Format. Headings. Underlining. Citations in Text. Tables and Figures. Reference List. Proofing and Correcting. APPENDIXES. A: Sample Essay. B: Sample Experimental Research Report. C: Sample Archival Research Report. Index.

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